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💻测打字速度 · Typing test

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Typing test related commands
/tt dictionary
Take a dictionary typing test (1-100 words)
/tt quote
Take a quote typing test (short, medium, long)
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Take a multiplayer dictionary typing test
/race quote
Take a multiplayer quote typing test
/tournaments
Typing tournaments

键入测试相关命令

/Tt字典

参加字典打字测试(1-100字)

/Tt报价

参加报价打字测试(短、中、长)

/种族词典

参加多人字典打字测试

/种族报价

参加多人报价打字测试

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打字比赛

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Here's a summarized list of the key points from the text:

  1. Writing Challenges:
  2. No matter how strong your Chinese reading skills are, when you start writing, it may feel like you're writing at an elementary level.
  3. This is because input (reading) and output (writing) are different processes.

  4. Three Methods to Improve Writing:

  5. Article Retelling Method:

    • Start with imitation when producing output, especially in writing.
    • Imitation involves adding your own thoughts, not just copying sentences.
  6. Bilingual Translation Method:

    • A more challenging method that enhances writing through brain-intensive imitation.
    • Read an Chinese text, translate it into English, then retranslate it back into Chinese without referring to the original text.
    • Compare your version with the original to identify gaps.
    • Practice with various types of articles (news, novels, popular science) to build vocabulary and sentence structures.
  7. Paragraph Writing Practice Method:

    • Use the previous methods for material accumulation and language sense training to build writing confidence.
    • Start with paragraph writing based on a set theme, using previously practiced materials and structures.
    • Steps:
    • Read and summarize each paragraph's meaning.
    • Summarize the overall structure of the article to understand it clearly.
    • Retell the article's meaning and write it down without looking at the original.
    • Focus on conveying the key points and, if possible, use sentence patterns from the article.
    • Practice with resources like short foreign articles that have a clear central idea.
    • Aim for 200-300 words daily and seek feedback for improvement. If no teacher is available, use grammar tools like Grammarly for real-time corrections.
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Get started | 新手指南

Steps for Learning Chinese:

  1. Understand Pinyin:
    1.1 Initials (Consonants)
    1.2 Finals (Vowels)
    1.3 Tones

  2. Understand Chinese Characters:
    2.1 Structure and Radicals

  3. HSK:
    3.1 Start with the 500 common words (simple sentences) provided in HSK 1.
    3.2 HSK 2 - HSK 6

(Here is a shortcut for beginners who don't know where to start. )

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For those who wander on the road
Where do you go
via via ~~
For those too proud who walk alone
Why are you standing far from home
And when the storms rage on the sea
What do you need
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Alone in silent reverie
Are you still listening to me
I’ve climbed the mountains I’ve crossed the sea
Moved through crowds on busy streets
Once I had it all in my hands
Until it fell like grains of sand
Made my ways across the high ways and byways alone
But the road that’s ordinary is the only way home
When you lost inside a dream
What it will be
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Will it be better off this way
Or is it just another day
Once I burnt it all to the ground
Walk away and left this town
I clawed my way back up through the dark
I’ve tried to fight and missed my mark
I.ve made my way across the sorrow and laughter
But the road that’s ordinary is the only way home

对于那些在路上徘徊的人来说,你经由哪里去呢~~对于那些太骄傲的人来说,独自行走的人来说,为什么你要站在离家很远的地方,当海上风暴肆虐的时候,你需要经由哪里呢~~独自在默默的遐想中,你还在听我说话吗我爬过山,穿过海,穿过繁忙的街道上的人群,一旦我掌握了一切,直到它像沙粒一样落下 独自一人穿过大道和小道,但平凡的路是你在梦想中迷失的唯一回家的路。它会通过什么途径呢~~这样会更好吗?还是只是另一天,一旦我把它全部烧为平地,离开这个小镇,我在黑暗中摸索着回来。我努力奋斗,却错过了我的目标。我穿过悲伤和欢笑,但平凡的路是唯一的回家的路。

https://youtu.be/7x0GkMwyx2s?si=ymFyB1WjiSSEtQw1

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Chinese Grammar Terms Glossary

Action Verb 行为动词

Adjective 形容词

Adverb 副词

Affix 词缀

Antonym 反义词

Synonym 同义词

Clause 从句

Collective Noun 集合名词

Comma Splice 逗号拼接

Common Noun 普通名词

Conjunction 连接词

Coordinating Conjunction 并列连接词

Definite Article 定冠词

Indefinite article 不定冠词

Demonstrative Pronoun 指示代词

Direct Object 直接宾语

Gerund 动名词

Helping Verb 助动词

Hyphen 连字符

Infinitive 不定式

Interjection 感叹词

Irregular Verb 不规则动词

Linking Verb 连缀动词

Modal Verb 情态动词

Monosyllable 单音节词

Morpheme 词素

Noun 名词

Object 宾语

Participle 分词

Past Participle 过去分词

Past Tense 过去式

Personal Pronoun 人称代名词

Phoneme 音位

Phrasal Verb 短语动词

Phrase 短语

Possessive Pronoun 所有格代名词

Prefix 前缀

Prepositional Phrase 介词短语

Present Participle 现在分词

Present Perfect 现在完成时

Pronoun 代词

Proper Noun 专有名词

Punctuation 标点符号

Reflexive Pronoun 反身代词

Relative Pronoun 关系代词

Semicolon 分号

Sentence 句子

Simple Sentence 简单句

Subject 主语

Subordinating Conjunction 从属连词

Suffix 后缀

Transitive Verb 及物动词

Intransitive verb 不及物动词

Verb 动词

Verb Phrase 动词短语

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Have you ever heard of the Chinese concept of '关系'

Have you ever heard of the Chinese concept of '关系' (https://app.ninchanese.com/word/6329/%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB)? In Chinese culture, 'guān xi' refers to the concept of building and maintaining relationships.

It's an important aspect of Chinese business culture and can greatly impact one's success and opportunities. Whether you're learning Chinese for business or personal reasons, understanding the importance of '关系' can be a game changing. Do you have any experiences with your Chinese friends? What do you think about it?

Chinese Grammar: An intro to Chinese measure words

“Now that you’ve learned numbers in Chinese, I bet Lupishu, you’re eager to count things. However, lovely little dragon, you can’t quite count objects yet. You’re missing one key notion to do so: measure words in Chinese! https://app.ninchanese.com/stage/grammar-lesson/255”

How to use “了” in Chinese

Today I want to share not one but 2 very important lessons. These two lessons are very important because they teach you how to use one of the most frequent word in chinese 了!

https://app.ninchanese.com/stage/grammar-lesson/43
https://app.ninchanese.com/stage/grammar-lesson/77/231

Take your time to read them attentively, because they will certainly make a difference in your Chinese.